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This morning, in the semi-final match with the most goals in the history of the Champions League, as a "pre-staged final", Paris Saint-Germain defeated Bayern Munich at home. The specific result was a difference of one-to-one, five to four. Moreover, such a game lived up to expectations, ensuring that the overall strength and quality were in a full state.
In this game, there were two teams, and there were many stars in both teams, and these stars all performed wonderfully. Among them, Kane had a shot and a pass. Bayern's front three all scored. Dembele had two shots and one pass. Kvaratskhelia scored two goals. Douai provided two assists. At the end of the game, Paris' ball possession rate was 43%, the number of shots was 12 to 10, the number of excellent opportunities was 2 to 6, and the expected goals were 1.91 to 2.51.
Bayern, which had an advantage in many key statistics, was in an unfavorable situation of being 2-5 behind, and finally succeeded in narrowing the point difference to 1 goal, retaining enough suspense in the second round. Bayern coach Kompany declared: "The current score is like 0-1. There will be a crazy atmosphere at the Allianz Arena next week. We will give everything, even if we die on the field!".
After such an epic battle, Enrique, the coach of the Paris team, smiled and shook hands with Kompany, who had to supervise the battle in the stands due to suspension. He also asked: "You have watched the game in the stands. Do you like it?" Kompany replied: "No! To achieve this state! It is not a sign of recognition at all!".
Enrique directly stated: "This is the most outstanding game I have ever coached as a head coach. Congratulations to everyone!" Kompany also said: "This is a game dedicated to those who are passionate about football!".
Paris Saint-Germain 5-4 Bayern Munich
Compare Kvaratzhelja, who came on at 24 minutes and 56 seconds, Joao Neves, who came on with 33 minutes, and Dembélé, who got a penalty kick at 45 minutes and 5 seconds and scored at 58 minutes, with Kane, who got a penalty kick at 17 minutes, Olise, who came on at 41 minutes, Upamecano, who came on at 65 minutes, and Luis Dias, who came on at 68 minutes.
In the 17th minute, Pacho tackled Luis Dias and sent a penalty kick. Kane was responsible for taking the penalty and hit it. Bayern led 1-0.
In the 24th minute of the game, Douai passed a through ball, Kvarac Helia cut inside, passed Stanisic, and shot the ball into the far corner of the goal, making the score between Paris Saint-Germain and the opponent 1-1.
In the 33rd minute, Dembele took a corner kick, and Musiala was thrown away when he defended Joao Neves. Joao Neves shook his head from the front point and scored successfully, allowing Paris to lead with a score of 2-1.
At the 41st minute, Pavlovic passed the ball. Olise, who was at the top of the arc, seemed to have entered a place without anyone. As soon as he entered the penalty area, he shot hard and kicked the ball into the net. Bayern and the opponent ended up in a 2-2 situation.
The Swiss head referee Scherer again reviewed the technical video assistant and subsequently determined that at 45 and 5 minutes, Alphonso Davis acted to prevent Dembele from passing the ball and touched the ball with any part of his body. This was judged to be a foul. Dembele completed the penalty kick on his own, and the final score in Paris was 3-2.
In the 56th minute of the game, Vitinha sent the overhead ball into the open space. Ashraf quickly broke into the right side of the penalty area and crossed the ball. Kvaratschlija made a powerful shot without defense and finally scored. At this time, Paris led 4-2.
In the 58th minute, Douai passed the ball, and Dembele quickly evaded the angle and kicked a low shot towards the near corner. The ball hit the post and went into the net, giving Paris a 5-2 lead.
In the 65th minute, Kimmich took a free kick and dropped the ball into the penalty area. Yu Pamecano jumped up and hit the ball with his head, successfully scoring. At this time, the result of the game was that Bayern was trailing 3-5.
In the 68th minute, Kane kicked a precise overhead kick. Luis Dias stopped the ball, then shook Marquinhos away, and then successfully shot. At this time, Bayern's score was 4-5.
87'Mayulu's explosive shot hit the door frame.
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This game is the first match in any European competition, that is, the semi-finals in which both teams scored 4 or more goals. Moreover, it is the only match besides Chelsea's 4-4 draw with Liverpool in the 2008-09 season, that is, the Champions League knockout round in which both teams scored 4 or more goals.
[5] Five goals were scored in the first half of this campaign, setting a record for goals scored in the first half of the Champions League semifinals.
[5] In this season’s Champions League, Paris scored 5 or more goals in 4 games, which set a Champions League single-season record. The last time Bayern conceded 5 goals in a single game in the European War, we need to go back to the 1995 Champions League semi-finals when Bayern lost 2-5 to Ajax.
After the battle that presented a magical offensive situation, Existence Data Company jokingly claimed on social media that it predicted that Atletico Madrid and Arsenal would play a game with an expected goal score of 0.14 to 0.23 and the result would be 0 to 0.
[50] Enrique achieved the 50th victory in the Champions League in his coaching career. It only took him 77 games to achieve this result. Before that, it took record holder Guardiola 80 games to achieve the same result.
[11] In Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League knockout rounds, Dembele became the player involved in the most goals, with 11 goals and 7 assists.
[20] Since joining Paris in January 2025, Kvaratschlija is the player in the team who has participated in the most goals in the Champions League. He has 13 goals and 7 assists.
[1] In the ranking of the total goals scored by the powerful tridents this season, Bayern's Kane, Dias, and Olise combination are far ahead with 100 goals. Real Madrid's three players with the most goals, namely Mbappe, Vinicius, and Valverde, are second, with a total of only 69 goals. Bayern's three forwards are the first Trident team besides Real Madrid and Barcelona to score more than 100 goals in a single season.
[1] Kane is the first English player to score in 6 consecutive Champions League games. At the same time, apart from Lewandowski from 2016 to 2018, Kane is also the only Bayern player to have scored in 5 consecutive Champions League knockout games.
[8] For the second time in his career, Kane has scored in 8 consecutive club games, and the first time this happened from the beginning of September to October this season.
[3] Following Lewandowski and Sane, Olise, who ranks only third behind Bayern, has become the only player to score more than 5 goals and 5 assists in the Champions League in a single season.
Paris Saint-Germain's lineup adopts a 433 formation. The goalkeeper is Safonov. The back line includes Achraf, Marquinhos, Pacho, and Nuno Mendes. In the 84th minute, Lucas Hernandez replaced Nuno Mendes. In the midfield, Zaire Emery was replaced by Favian Ruiz in the 64th minute. Vitinha and Joao Neves were in the midfield. On the forward line, Douai was in the 70th minute. In the 84th minute, he was replaced by Barkola, with Dembele and Kvala Tskhelia at the forward position. In the 84th minute, Mayulu replaced Kvala Tskhelia.
Judging from the formation adopted by Bayern Munich (4231), the goalkeeper position is Neuer, and the defense is Stanisic, Yu Pamecano, Jonathan Tower and Alphonso Davis. Alphonso Davis was replaced by Laimer in the 46th minute of the game. One side of the midfielder double midfielder was Kimmich, and the other side was originally Pavlovic, but in the 90th + of the game Pavlovich was replaced by Nicholas Jackson at 3 minutes. One of the three frontcourt players was Olise and Musiala. In the 79th minute of the game, Musiala was replaced by Goretzka. The other one was Luis Dias. Kane stood at the forward position.